Painter&#39;s kit



May 24, 1966 R. J. MCGRATH 3,252,613

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ATTOR NEYS United States Patent 3,252,613 PAINTERS KIT Robert J. McGrath, 800 S. 7th St., P.0. Box 549, Lamar, Colo. Filed Oct. 14, 1964, Ser. No. 403,869 Claims. (Cl. 220-90) The invention with which the following specification deals, is a painters kit, designed for use by a house painter, where maximum convenience and security against spillage is desired.

There is a limit to the quantity of paint which a painter can conveniently manipulate at the place of application. Usually the paint is being applied on an exterior wall or the like. A limited quantity of paint must be supplied where the painting is done. It is essential that the painter be able to set this quantity of paint at a convenient spot without having to hold it during use. An ordinary gallon can of paint is awkward to dip from and is not capable of being fixed in position. Also, when the brush is dipped in the paint and removed, the ordinary round oan does not afford satisfactory means for returning excess paint from the brush. It is awkward and difficult to rest the brush containing paint so that the latter will drain satisfactorily into the container.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a painters kit which may be attached immovably to the rhungs of a ladder, thus overcoming any tendency to move when the brush is clipped and withdrawn.

A further object of the invention is to provide a kit with a removable container which is substantially a liner in the kit and thus may be removed with unused paint and replaced with a separate liner containing paint of a different color or type.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means so that any paint coming in contact with the inner wall of the kit will be drained promptly into the unused supply of paint.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide brush holding means within the kit so arranged as to cause any dripping to be deflected from the wall of the casing and diverted into the paint containing receptacle.

These and other objects of the invention will be apparent from the following description of the preferred form as illustrated by way of example on the accompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the improved painters kit;

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of the inverted bottom of the kit;

FIGURE 3 is a vertical longitudinal cross section; and

FIGURE 4 is a front elevaton of the kit.

In brief, the painters kit comprises a casing with special facilities for carrying and for support in fixed position on a ladder of the like. The kit includes a paint containing receptacle which provides the maximum quantity of paint which it is convenient to carry. The kit is also provided with means for returning to this receptacle, any unused paint that comes in contact with the upper portions of the kit or drips from a brush held within the kit.

Included in the kit is means by which the paint brush is held in convenient position when not in use and at the same time will return excess paint to the interior container.

A casing 6 is provided of generally rectangular dimensions. It may be likened to a sheet metal can customarily used for the sale of liquids in one gallon quantities. It is provided with a fiat top 7 which carries a transverse handle 8 of sheet metal or the like.

The back wall 9 of the casing carries a depending fiat vertically adjustable book 10. This hook is proportioned and arranged to fit over and be supported by a rung 11 of the ladder 12.

The side walls 13 are cut away as shown at 14 to provide ready entrance for filling paint and the like and providing for the insertion of a brush.

A short front wall 15 is provided connecting the lower portions of the side walls 13 and a bottom 16.

The side walls 13 project below the bottom 16. At the midpoint they are cut away to form notches 17. These notches will rest on the lower rung 18 of the ladder.

A ring 19 is held by a strap 20, which in turn is Welded or otherwise firmly attached to the bottom. The ring 19 is spaced from the rung 18, so that a cord may be used to tie the ring to the rung and thus prevent dislodgement of the casing.

A container for the paint is provided in the form of a flat pan 21. This pan is designed to fit snugly within the bottom area of the casing 9. The container or pan has a curved front wall 22. This rises above the wall 15 and terminates in a curved lip 23, which extends over the front wall 15.

A wiping bar 24 extends between the side walls of the pan 21 slightly in rear of the lip 23.

The rear wall 9 of the container has a sloping ledge 25. The front edge of this ledge extends in front of the rear wall of the pan 21. A side ledge 26 forms part of each side wall 13. It is inclined downwardly. to the rear to a point above the rear ledge 25. Thus any paint that drips from above this point will be diverted first to the rear ledge 25 and then to the pan 21.

Above the ledge 26 the side wall 13 carries an inwardly projecting hook proportioned to receive the end edge of a wide paint brush.

A smaller hook 28 extends in from the side wall 13 above and in front of the hook 27. It forms a rest for the handle of a paint brush. Normally a brush will tilt outwardly from the hook 27.

Either or both side walls 13 can be provided with the draining ledge 26 and hooks 27 and 28.

It will be readily seen from the above description that the invention provides a casing which can be readily carried from place to place. It is adapted to be mounted rigidly on a support such as a ladder and is proof against inadvertent displacement.

The inner paint container is convenient for removal and replacement, so that paints of a variety of colors may be used.

Any paint spilt on the side and rear walls will be diverted by the ledges 25 and 26 into the container. This also assures that the dripping from a brush held on edge in a hook 27 with the bristles against the rear wall, will be conveniently drained into the container 21.

While the preferred form of the invention has been illustrated by way of example, it will be undersood that numerous variations in form and material may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.

What I claimis:

1. A painters kit comprising an outer casing having a low front wall, an inner container fitting the casing, a transverse sloping ledge on the rear wall of the casing above the container, a backwardly inclined ledge on one side of the casing above the transverse ledge and means to support a paint brush on the side wall of the casing above the side ledge.

2. A painters kit comprising an outer casing having a low front wall, an inner container fitting the casing, a transverse sloping ledge on the rear wall of the casing above the container, a backwardly inclined ledge on one side of the casing above the transverse ledge and laterally spaced hooks for a paint brush on the side wall above the side ledge.

3. A painters kit comprising an outer casing having a low front wall, an inner container fitting the casing, said container having a lip overhanging and downwardly turned over the front wall so as to prevent ingress of paint between the inner container and said front wall, a transverse sloping ledge on the rear wall of the casing above the container, a backwardly inclined ledge on one side of the casing above the transverse ledge, means to support a paint brush on the side Wall of the casingabove the side ledge and a wiping bar extending between side walls of the container back of the lip.

4. A painters kit comprising an outer casing having a rear wall of depth greater than normal spacing of adjacent rungs on a ladder having a low front wall, side walls with backwardly sloped front edges and transversely aligned notches in their lower edges, a handle on the top of the casing, a hook on the rear wall of the casing, a loose ring on the bottom of the casing proximate the transversely aligned notches of the side walls, and a removable container in the casing, said hook and said lower edge notches being disposed in difierent vertical transverse planes and cooperatively spaced to be receivable over upper and lower spaced rungs of a tilted ladder.

5. A painters kit as defined in claim 1 wherein the transverse sloping ledge on the rear Wall has terminal edge portions converging downwardly to a point intermediate its lateral extremities and providing a drip delivery point overlying the interior of the inner container.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,008,856 11/1911 Mosher 22090 1,207,279 12/1916 Crum 220-69 1,281,587 10/1918 Kovachevich 22020 1,590,572 6/ 1926 Fredette 22020 2,723,410 11/1955 Sprung et al. 2201 2,932,838 4/1960 Ouellette 15257.06

FOREIGN PATENTS 509,504 7/ 1939 Great Britain.

THERON E. CONDON, Primary Examiner.

RAPHAEL H. SCHWARTZ, Examiner. 

1. A PAINTER''S KIT COMPRISING AN OUTER CASING HAVING A LOW FRONT WALL, AN INNER CONTAINER FITTING THE CASING, A TRANSVERSE SLOPING LEDGE ON THE REAR WALL OF THE CASING ABOVE THE CONTAINER, A BACKWARDLY INCLINED LEGE OF ONE SIDE OF THE CASING ABOVE THE TRANSVERSE LEDGE AND MEANS TO SUPPORT A PAINT BRUSH ON THE SIDE WALL OF THE CASING ABOVE THE SIDE LEDGE. 